MY E.L.F LIPSTICK COLLECTION | SWATCHES, LIP DEMO & REVIEW

Bonjour my little petit pois (idk) today I will show you my entire ELF (Eyes Lips Face) lipstick collection. Hopefully this helps you out if you're considering purchasing ELF lipsticks, I will take shots of the packaging, lipstick bullet, swatches on my arm and a demonstration on how it looks actually on the lips.

Essential Lipsticks - £1.95

Seductive - Peachy nude, on the darker side of nude, would look amazing on darker skin but still wearable for all skintones.

Excuse the presentation of Socialite in the image of the lipstick bullet - I pretty much never wear this lipstick and actually used it for a Uni project that involved writing with lipstick.. art college 'nuff said lol. The reason I don't really wear Socialite is because it's full of glitter - the lipstick isn't showing up as glittery in the swatches as it is in real life - I personally just dislike shimmer or glitter on the lips, but if thats your thing then go for it!

Classy - light muted pink. One of my favourites, a very daytime, natural pink that you could also wear at night with a dramatic or heavy eye look if you don't want to settle for a plain nude.

Gypsy - Dark pink with purple undertone, almost plum but lighter and more pink - a great colour to start out with if you want to venture into plums and purples. Also I've discovered this lipstick really doesn't budge! This is my favourite one out of the Essential lipsticks.

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Mineral Lipstick - £5.00

 Natural Nymph - a straight up NUDE. No pink or peach undertones, just simple nude. Great for fair skin, and an amazing colour to wear with very dramatic and dark make up, I personally wouldn't wear this for daytime as without dramatic make up elsewhere I look very washed out.

 Nicely Nude - The name suggests nude, but in my opinion its a light, natural pink. Especially in comparison to Pouty Pink - at first I thought I got the names the wrong way round but nope! I feel this shade should be called Pouty Pink instead. It has slight gold iridescents but is very subtle, you can only really notice it in the tube.

Nicely Nude Pouty Pink - A nude with a subtle peachy/pink undertone. Great for that little extra something and a "go to" shade if you can't decide what lipstick to go for as I think it goes with any eye look.

*UPDATE* Sorry guys! I've had a serious blonde moment, Pouty Pink is actually called Runway Pink, I think I've confused this with another lipstick in my collection woops! Regardless I still think it should be called Nicely Nude lol.

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Moisturising Lipstick - £3.95 

Coral Cutie - Very vibrant, bright coral. Great for spring and summer, however not at moisturising as I'd hoped and is slightly chalky feeling, but I think I just got a bad batch as Flirty & Fabulous is very moisturising and exactly how I expected.

Flirtly & Fabulous - Vibrant orchid shade, this shade has become a staple lip colour for Spring 2014. I love how moisturising yet pigmented it is, and is also long lasting as I find it stains my lips.

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Matte Lip Colour - £3.95

 Tea Rose - A dusty, antique rosy pink. I think this would look amazing on darker skintones, I personally love it on my fair skin but I think if you are fair then you will either love it or hate it. I find this doesn't go as matte as Rich Red, I would consider this a satin finish rather than matte.

Rich Red - Bright red with blue undertones - staple red that brightens your complexion - see how much more pale my skin looks in comparison to the swatch with Tea Rose!? It applies as a satin finish but becomes matte quickly. It feels dry but not unbearabe, however I haven't experienced any flaking or cracking even when eating. I highly recommend this if you love a red lip as it lasts a very long time and stains the lips so the colour remains long after the product has worn off. I went for a meal wearing this and was constantly checking thinking "it must need a touch up now" but I didn't need to touch up at all!

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- Hayley xo

H&M NUDES PALETTE: SOFT NUDES | REVIEW & SWATCHES

Ended up scrolling through H&M when I came across their cosmetics section and found myself very intrigued. I was never aware of how many products they had available, all I was aware of at the time was their nail polishes, but alas, I've never been so happy to be wrong. Am I really late on discovering this? #noob
I bought one of their 'nudes' palettes in Soft Nudes (£3.99 say whaaaaaat)
Lets continue on by looking at my mediocre photography skills..
(I got an A in Photography would you bloomin' believe it - fun fact of the day)

Swatches on arm correspond to the eyeshadows on the above picture

So first impressions are that they have pretty good pigmentation for £3.99, I can think of more expensive palettes that are equal or below this standard. 

I actually was surprised by how big the eyeshadows were which is great as you're usually surprised at how small it is (that's what she said)

I think this would be great for travelling; the packaging is sturdy and snaps shut, and even though the eyeshadows are large the packaging itself isn't big - they've really used up the space wisely.

Overall lovely staple palette and for doing neutral and very wearable looks but that bronze/gold in the middle adds a little extra oomph and would look great on blue eyes, also you could bring it into night time with the darkest brown but that wouldn't be dramatic enough for me haha.

They have loads of palettes with different shades available I will definitely get more in the future plus I would love to do a swatch post on their lipsticks and lip pencils as they look rather delicious (I couldn't think of a better word)

hope you enjoyed this, you may not have considered H&M as a place for make up but from this palette I am impressed and definitely recommend their products. (If you sign up to H&M right now you can get 25% off!)

Love you long time xo

Disclaimer- I'm not sponsored by H&M to create this post.

HUGE E.L.F HAUL! | NEW ELF MOISTURIZING LIPSTICK SWATCHES & MINI REVIEW!

Happy Wednesday everyone! *confetti flies*
This week I'm doing my first haul, because ELF (eyeslipsface.co.uk) had free shipping and 50% off your order woaaaaah *rolls around on the floor*
AND they have a NEW line of lipsticks out which made me so excite, I had to try some & I will post swatches for you so lets get to it (10 points for reading the whole shabang - don't cheat I'll find out)

I got the eyebrow treat and tame, I really wanted the clear brow/mascara gel thingy-ma-jig but they were out of stock so I just got this one which is basically the same, in the colour Ash, I also use the brow kit in Ash - its amazing if you're blonde

Also got the studio stipple brush, not to use for foundation but to use for blush and I feel like it distributes the product much better than actual brushes designed for applying blush lol - for my foundation I also use the elf studio flat top brush. Just a warning it is smaller than I expected, which is good for me as I'm using it for blush but for the whole face I feel that using this could take a while.

I also purchased the tone correcting concealer in Ivory - I was sceptical about this however I was pleasantly surprised, it blends well and is actually pale and does not oxidise into orange, become cakey or set into fine lines.
I honestly have no problem with this, I feel its best to blend with a brush using a stipple motion as your fingers just slides it all around and wastes product. I would say it has medium coverage but buildable & is neither thick nor thin.
This makes me interested in trying out other concealers, particularly the Studio Maximum Coverage concealer which I have heard is thicker and much more full coverage.
I will show you a before and after using this on a freckle that I have on my arm:

If you look closely you can see it slightly but all in all I don't know why this isn't raved about more often!

ELF Studio Blush in Tickled Pink - medium pink with peach undertone

Cream Eyeliner in Punk Purple.

ELF Studio Corrective Concealer in Erase & Conceal - great for skin with light blemishes but if you have very dark circles / a lot of redness / heavy blemishes then I would search for something more pigmented.

 ELF Studio Eye Enhancing Eyeshadow in Brown Eyes 2 (even though I have blue eyes - oops) 

I was pleasantly surprised, the shadows are very pigmented, apply smoothly and blend well. The second brown in & second to last purple shade both have heavy glitter, where the rest have subtle shimmers, the nude shade in the middle (you can't see as it matches my skin) is matte & a good all over lid colour (if you're pale ofc) which looks great with winged liner to create an overall neat & clean look.

ELF Studio Moisturizing Lipstick in Coral Cutie (top) and Flirty & Fabulous (bottom)

I wasn't expecting such pigmentation as it says "moisturizing" I figured it would be more of a tint but nope! Also I expected a glossy finish however its just like the mineral lipsticks, if you like the mineral lipsticks but want brighter/more colourful shades check these out!

Hope you enjoyed this haul - ELF have brought back the 50% off + free shipping so if you liked any of these products I'd check them out now while you can get it even cheaper (end 1st March 2014!)

xo

MY ELF BLUSH COLLECTION | REVIEW & SWATCHES

Hey everyone, hope your January wasn't too shitty and February is way better for you. January just feels like one huge Monday, anyone else? #relatable - Might as well name the month Monday instead

I'm going to try my hardest to do around 1 post a week, which thus far has been a bloody disaster lol
I'm at Uni right now so really busy with useless projects, trust me I wish I could do more of this haha

Also, I find it hard to think of new posts to create and I want to create what people want to see, I mean for me I don't have the money to go out and buy tons of new products to review so I'd like to create other content, if there's anything you'd like to see, maybe a tutorial on a certain look, some tips on whatever, or literally anything lol you can leave a comment at the bottom of this post, or tweet me at @missrenvoize

So for today I thought I would share my Elf Studio blush collection, so far a lot of my posts have been swatch & review posts and to be honest this is because before I started blogging I would go to blogs mainly for this content and I want to create posts that are authentic in opinion and swatches are true to colour so you know what you're getting into when you buy a product!

Obviously I'd like to extend the olive branch (why the fuck am I using that phrase lol) and create all kinds of content, let me know what you want to see :)

So read on to see my thoughts & swatches of my current elf blush collection

 LEFT SIDE

- TOP: BLUSHING ROSE

- BOTTOM: PEACHY KEEN

RIGHT SIDE

- TOP: PINK PASSION

- BOTTOM: GOTTA GLOW

ELF CONTOURING BLUSH & BRONZER IN ANTIGUA

So right off the bat I think these are inexpensive, and very pigmented. All of them are buildable, even Pink Passion which looks insane in the pan, this is the same for the pink blush in the Antigua duo.
You can tell Blushing Rose is well loved I've already hit pan *dolphin tears*

Blushing Rose looks great most likely on any skin, I'm pale and I think it really give you that pretty "flushed" look and it has a gold iridescent when the light hits it, so you could skip your highlight if you wanted
I still wear highlight though because I'm all about that dewy life

Peachy keen is similar in the sense of a gold iridescent however is, obviously, a peach tone and looks very natural. I think if you have fair skin and you want a subtle contour, using this will do all three, blush, contour, & highlight. If I wear this with a bronzer it can become too much and look really harsh against my skin.

Pink Passion is a wonderful bright blusher but also buildable so can be subtle also. I think this would be great on dark skin, I think it only suits me if I have it very subtle. What I like is there's no shimmer it's a straight up matte pink blush which I get really excited about idk why I'm a creep

Gotta Glow is not a blush, duh, but is a highlight with a gold iridescent. It is extremely pigmented it will probably give Nars Albatross a run for its money, I either use this as my highlight or I will use my Elf Baked Blush in Pinktastic (I will do a seperate post on all the baked blushes if you want to see that!)

Elf Contouring Blush & Bronzer in Antigua is supposed to be a cheap dupe for the Nars Bronzer/Blush duos, you can certainly tell they were inspired by Nars haha. I'd love to try the different shades because I really love this duo, to my surprise. The blush is bright in the pan but is buildable. I can't say I'm a fan of the sparkles I much prefer a shimmer/glow over sparkles but this is great if you love that.
Now onto the bronzer, it is VERY pigmented, I think would be great on a range of skintones, even mine! I was scared as I use NYX blush in taupe which is a perfect cool toned bronzer. However this appears very warm toned. I feel if I use the bronzer my whole "look" has to also be warm toned, but if you use a small amount and blend thoroughly you will get a lovely warm look. This does have shimmer in the pan which bothered me but it leaves me with a semi-matte finish (anyone else?) which I was grateful for but if you really wanted that shimmer to appear then you may be disappointed.

I do plan to eventually try all the shades, even in the baked blushes and the blush/bronzer duos, and the cream blushes which I'm very interested in.

SO HERE ARE THE SWATCHES FINALLY sorry if that was a lot to read but if you did it you're awesome and I give you 10 Hayley points.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ONE SWIPE EACH!

Blushing Rose - Pink Passion - Peachy Keen - Gotta Glow || Bronzer/Blush duo in Antigua

Hope this review & swatch post was helpful - excuse my pyjama pants in the right hand corner of the swatch pic ^.^

byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee